The mechanoelectrical response of the cytoplasmic membrane of Vibrio cholerae.
The mechanoelectrical response of the cytoplasmic membrane of Vibrio cholerae.
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霍乱弧菌细胞质膜的机电响应。
DOI:
10.1085/jgp.201310985
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2013
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Sukharev,Sergei
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Rowe,Ian;Elahi,Merina;Huq,Anwar;Sukharev,Sergei
Persistence ofVibrio choleraein waters of fluctuating salinity relies on the capacity of this facultative enteric pathogen to adapt to varying osmotic conditions. In an event of osmotic downshift, osmolytes accumulated inside the bacterium can be quickly released through tension-activated channels. With the newly established procedure of giant spheroplast preparation fromV. cholerae, we performed the first patch-clamp characterization of its cytoplasmic membrane and compared tension-activated currents with those inEsherichia coli. Saturating pressure ramps revealed two waves of activation belonging to the ∼1-nS mechanosensitive channel of small conductance (MscS)-like channels and ∼3-nS mechanosensitive channel of large conductance (MscL)-like channels, with a pressure midpoint ratio p0.5MscS/p0.5MscL of 0.48. We found that MscL-like channels inV. choleraepresent at a density three times higher than inE. coli, and yet, these vibrios were less tolerant to large osmotic downshocks. TheVibrioMscS-like channels exhibit characteristic inward rectification and subconductive states at depolarizing voltages; they also adapt and inactivate at subsaturating tensions and recover within 2 s upon tension release, just likeE. coliMscS. Trehalose, a compatible internal osmolyte accumulated under hypertonic conditions, significantly shifts activation curves of both MscL- and MscS-like channels toward higher tensions, yet does not freely partition into the channel pore. Direct electrophysiology ofV. choleraeoffers new avenues for the in situ analysis of membrane components critical for osmotic survival and electrogenic transport in this pathogen.